Use gorget in a sentence. a piece of armor to protect the throat. a collar. an article of clothing covering the neck and breast, formerly worn by women; wimple. a patch of color, often iridescent, on the throat of a bird, as on a male hummingbird.
Von Koenigseggâs bald pate and his mellifluous, lightly accented English, not to mention his headquarters on a remote, decommissioned military base, bring to mind a Bond villain. And the association is apt, for while von Koenigseggâs ambitions may not be malevolent, heâs nevertheless bent on world domination, at least in the realm of seven-figure supercars. The automobile industry is littered with the skeletons of failed startups driven by a single manâs all-consuming vision.
Germany's Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, protested this decision, as he believed that resuming submarine warfare would draw the United States into the war on behalf of the Allies. This, he argued, would lead to the defeat of Germany.n April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917.